MIRIDAE

CORNER POCKET

FRONT YARD
SACRAMENTO, CA | 2021

This project started as a large expanse of lawn and was transformed into a Corner Pocket of habitat, for both people (in the form of a decomposed granite patio and path) and pollinators (in the form of a perennial border and shrub backdrop). The Corner Pocket, aptly named given its location in Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood, is activated by a flexible patio space and screened by shade-loving plants and boulders from the Sierra Nevada.

HIGHLIGHTED PLANTS

Achillea ‘Salmon Beauty’ (Yarrow)
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn' (Howard McMinn Manzanita)
Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’ (Emerald Carpet Manzanita)
Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens (Red Buckwheat)
Heuchera maxima (Island Alumroot)

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